The most recently available photograph of Kalu Rinpoche, who is seventeen years old now.

Here is a scan of the original design for the Nyingma "Gesar" prayer flag commissioned by H.H. Tarthang Rinpoche circa the early ...

Above is not, strictly speaking, the first thing ever published by Dharma Press (now Dharma Publishing), but it is certainly among the firs...

Here's another version of the Nyingma seal. You will notice the syllable in the center is "AH" not "OM," and the two...

This is an old photograph of H.H. Tarthang Rinpoche and Nazli Pema, taken circa 1967.

Introduction. During a visit to the United States of America, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, late Supreme Head of the Ny...

A Brief Offering Ritual for Daily Practice Jigme Lingpa The incomparable Nyingmapa visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730 – 1798), foresaw a future w...

Herewith two new photographs of His Holiness Kyabje Tarthang Rinpoche.

Happy New Year to one and all. Here is a fascinating site devoted to Tibetan postal history, seals, banknotes, and other charming diversion...

Despite the "Tibetan" name by which I am occasionally known -- which is actually more of a nom-de-plume, and guess what... I might...

THE PRAYER OF LIBERATING LIGHT A Brief Practice to Benefit the Victims of Sudden Death by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche with expanded com...

There is a "more likely than not" assessment in force which indicates probable evacuation within 36 hours. Winds up to 40 mph are ...

"Although those with special affiliation may actually be able to go there through their karmic connection, nevertheless it is not a phy...

Somebody wanted to know more about the situation. As it stands now, 99,950 acres have burned: it will be well over 100,000 by the time you ...

When I sit and study the situation hereabouts, it becomes clear that the elements are disturbed. The region is alternately afflicted with fi...

The fire has turned away from us and is now threatening a Zen Buddhist retreat center north of here. Quick! Somebody pacify the renegade fir...

We hear all the time about the Black Crown. Well, above is Chokgyur Lingpa's Lotus Crown. I am a little silly, so every time I see the L...

Here is a Nyingma prayer: "When our illusory bodies are threatened with danger and destruction because of obstacles of the elements of ...

Here we commence to do a little shopping around for treasure vases (wildly popular in the Chinese communities). Above is Kusum Lingpa's ...